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The Washington Post reports:
The Justice Department is requesting that the federal trial in its unprecedented criminal case against former president Donald Trump begin in December — a timetable that Trump’s attorneys are expected to contest, according to a court document filed Friday evening.
Earlier this week, Judge Aileen Cannon, the federal judge in South Florida presiding over the case who will ultimately decide when the trial begins, set a start date for August. But such an early date is not expected to stick.
Federal prosecutors said in its Friday court filing that they have asked to delay Cannon’s proposed timetable by about four months — with jury selection beginning Dec. 11 — because Trump’s lawyers will need up to two months to obtain the security clearance required to view some of the classified documents.
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Worth noting the December 11 trial date was probably the earliest date DOJ thought they could reasonably go to trial. It would be less than ideal to have a trial overlap Christmas and potentially New Years. But DOJ is willing to do whatever it takes to present the case to a jury. https://t.co/zggb8JgO1S
— Brandon Van Grack (@BVanGrack) June 24, 2023